Meanings
comparative sonlier · superlative sonliest
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son.
And also, if the Father were not the Father, then the Son would not have his sonly name.
2008, Rik Van Nieuwenhove, Rob Faesen, H. Rolfson, Late Medieval Mysticism of the Low Countries1 more example
There's something sonly in each human being; but how well he hides it, and how unskillful we are at finding it! This "something sonly" is the vacuum of our hearts — a yearning emptiness that strains to be filled with Christ.
2003, Calvin Miller, A Hunger for the Holy
Origin
- Middle Englishsonely
- Englishsonly
From Middle English sonely, equivalent to son + -ly. Compare Dutch zoonlijk, German söhnlich, Swedish sonlig.
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Arabic إِبْنِيّ
- إِبْنِيّ (ʔibniyy)of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
Bulgarian сино́вен
- сино́вен (sinóven)of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
Czech synovský
- synovskýof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
Danish sønlig
- sønligof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
Dutch zoonlijk
- zoonlijkof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
French filial
- filialof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
German söhnlich
- söhnlichof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
Norwegian Bokmål sønnlig
- sønnligof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
Polish synowski
- synowskiof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
Russian сыно́вий, сыно́вний
- сыно́вий (synóvij)of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
- сыно́вний (synóvnij)of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
Slovak synovský
- synovskýof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
Swedish sonlig
- sonligof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
Ukrainian сині́вський, си́нів
- сині́вський (synívsʹkyj)of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
- си́нів (sýniv)of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son
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Cite this entry
sonly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonly
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